Windows 7

A few days ago, I setup an FTP file server on a Windows 7 Pro based computer by using the Filezilla Server software. After the setup, I went to the workstations in order to connect them to the shared FTP network folder by using the "Add a network location" wizard and I realized that, there is no way to assign/map a local drive letter to the FTP Web drive in Windows, unless you use a third party program.

Many Windows 7 users who have recently tried to install the latest updates on their computers reported they couldn’t because the Windows Update center wouldn’t work. The most common cause for this type of issue can easily be eliminated because users have confirmed they had disabled their antivirus program during the update attempt.

If you try to install Windows 7 on an SSD disk which is connected via the PCI Express bus (NVMe), you might face the issue that the drive is not presented in the Setup program. Due to this behavior, it is not possible to install the Windows 7 operating system on such hardware. Here is the solution.

The network location in Windows is that setting which tells the operating system whether to make your computer discoverable on the network and whether to share files (or not) with other computers and devices on the network. The network location is set by the user when connecting for the first time to a new network. However, you might have made a wrong setting or you have changed your mind and you want to set a different network location. Here’s how to change the network location at any time, for any network connection, in Windows 7:

If you face this problematic issue in Windows 7 where the operating system does not start in normal mode but starts in Safe mode instead and complains about pending repair operations, this article might help you. When you try to run SFC /scannow, it reports that a system repair is pending and does not proceed. Here is how to revert the pending system repair and continue normal startup mode.

You can adjust the height of the details pane in Windows Explorer by dragging its top border up or down for the size you want. This is a global setting that gets applied to all explorer windows in only your user account. This tutorial will show you how to reset the height size of the details pane in explorer back to default for your account in Vista and Windows 7.

You can adjust the width of the preview pane in Windows Explorer by dragging its left border to the left or right for the size you want. This is a global setting that gets applied to all explorer windows in only your user account. This tutorial will show you how to reset the width size of the preview pane in explorer back to default for your account in Vista and Windows 7.

Fix Connection Failed With Error 651: Error 651 is a common issue that most of the Windows users may face while connecting their computer to the internet. Mostly the Windows 7 users may encounter this type of error. So, if you are a Windows 7 user or any Windows user, then it is essential for you to know how to Fix Connection Failed Error 651. Error 651 mainly occurs when a Windows user tries to connect his/her Windows computer to a local area network.

If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system and getting frequent notifications to upgrade the older version of Internet Explorer web browser present in your computer to the latest Internet Explorer 11 version, this tutorial will help you in disabling those prompt messages to make your life easier and more comfortable.

In modern PCs, the internal PC speaker is often also connected to the PC's audio solution, so that it allows the PC to play a beep even when there are no external speakers connected to the machine. If your Windows 7 PC runs without speakers connected or with the sound drivers not working or disabled, you might hear an annoying beeping sound for example when a message box notification displays. If you are annoyed by this beep sound, you might be interested in disabling it. Here is how you can do it.

A recent issue I’ve seen on a few Windows 7 machines has been the display turning off after only 15 minutes, even though I set the Turn off the Display option to Never. Weird! You’re probably reading this because you’ve tried changing the power plan settings to Never for everything and your monitor still turns off! This can be very frustrating and usually occurs with new installs of Windows 7, though I’ve seen it happen on older installs too.

Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft has included a new tool called the Math Input Panel, which is by far the geekiest program included in Windows by default. The old champ used to be the Calculator with its Scientific, Programmer and Conversion modes. With the Math Input Panel, you can write well-formed mathematical expressions and then have those inserted into other programs that support MathML or Mathematical Markup Language.

I was recently working on a client PC and had to restart it due to a new application install. Upon restart, however, the computer blue-screened and displayed a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error. At first, I thought this was something to do with the application we just installed, so I decided to restart the computer in Safe Mode and uninstall the app...

This blog explains how to show hidden desktop icons, folder in windows 7. This happens occasionally or by accidentally, my son was playing with my laptop and after sometime I saw all my desktop icons and folders disappeared. There were some important folders that I often used...

In this post we will discuss how we can configure IIS in windows. Here I am using windows 7, but no need to worry, the process is same for all the windows version. Here I am using windows 7, but no need to worry, the process is same for all the windows version. By default IIS will be disabled in windows. So we need to manually enable the IIS. We need to set this in control panel.

Programs you install often add themselves to the startup process on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux. But you can also add your own favorite programs to the startup process and have them launch automatically after you log into your computer. This is particularly useful for background applications or tools that automatically perform a function, but you can even add desktop applications and they’ll pop up when you log in.

It acts like it's checking for a minute or two, closes, and nothing shows up. I've made sure my drivers are all up to date, I've tried reformatting, I've made sure Windows is completely up to date, etc, etc, etc.

I loaded Driver Update software from the web, it found about 30 problems it said it fixed, but I still get the blue screen. I have not loaded any new software except for Creative to run a camera, and this was done weeks before I experienced the blue scree problem.